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Definitions for guitar
gɪˈtɑrgui·tar
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Princeton's WordNet
guitarnoun
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
Wiktionary
guitarnoun
A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
guitarverb
To play the guitar.
Etymology: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Guitarnoun
A stringed instrument of musick.
Etymology: ghitara, Italian; guiterre, French.
Sallads and eggs, and lighter fare,
Tune the Italian spark’s guitar. Matthew Prior.
Webster Dictionary
Guitarnoun
a stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers
Etymology: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]
Freebase
Guitar
The guitar is a string instrument of the chordophone family constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel strings. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela, four-course renaissance guitar and five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar, the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique. Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was eventually found more suitable, as it was less prone to feedback. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, folk, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, punk, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Guitar
gi-tär′, n. a six-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like the lute, well adapted for accompanying the voice. [Fr. guitare—L. cithara—Gr. kithara, a lyre or lute. See Cithern.]
Editors Contribution
guitar
An instrument to create sound and play music.
Guitars are created in many forms, shapes, sizes, styles and sounds.
Submitted by MaryC on June 29, 2015
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The numerical value of guitar in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of guitar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of guitar in a Sentence
[After the murders], Terry told the LAPD he was referred to a possible music talent, but he said once he got to [Manson’s place], he just wanted to get the hell out of there. It was filthy and very obvious that there was no talent. He described hearing Manson’s girls singing while he played the guitar. He felt he had to get out. So he tried to make a graceful exit.
A $20,000 guitar would take about three to four months -- so you put so much passion, love in that instrument you feel ashamed to sell it.
I am mainly known as the one who verbally counted off' Sweet Home Alabama,' then played the infamous Stratocaster riff as well as the solos in that tune, i am the luckiest guitar player that ever lived. Who could've guessed that song would pay the rent for over 30 years ?
I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like.
We had two or three afternoons where we just hung out together in a Beverly Hills hotel in the bungalows out the back, and he had his engineer and was set up with a couple of microphones in case anything happened, i was tootling around on guitar, and Kanye West spent a lot of time just looking at pictures of Kim Kardashian [ Kardashian ] on Kanye West computer. I ’m thinking, ‘ Are we ever gon na get around to writing ?' SUSPECT ARRESTED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF RAPPER Paul McCartney, 76, said Paul McCartney was surprised to learn West was writing.
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Translations for guitar
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- kitaarAfrikaans
- جيتار, قيثارةArabic
- gitaraAzerbaijani
- гітараBelarusian
- китараBulgarian
- guitarraCatalan, Valencian
- kytaraCzech
- guitarDanish
- GitarreGerman
- κιθάραGreek
- gitaroEsperanto
- guitarra, jaranaSpanish
- kitarrEstonian
- گیتارPersian
- kitaraFinnish
- guitareFrench
- giotárIrish
- guitarraGalician
- גִּיטָרָהHebrew
- गिटारHindi
- gitaHaitian Creole
- gitárHungarian
- կիթառArmenian
- guitarraInterlingua
- gitarIndonesian
- gítarIcelandic
- chitarraItalian
- ギターJapanese
- გიტარაGeorgian
- 기타Korean
- fides, citharaLatin
- gitaarLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ģitāraLatvian
- kitāMāori
- гитараMacedonian
- गिटारMarathi
- gitarMalay
- kitarraMaltese
- ဂီတာBurmese
- gitarNorwegian
- gitaarDutch
- gitarNorwegian
- daaltązhgo bee ndajinéhígíí, agaanstsiinNavajo, Navaho
- gitaraPolish
- guitarra, violãoPortuguese
- ghitarraRomansh
- chitară, ghitarăRomanian
- гитараRussian
- gitara, гитараSerbo-Croatian
- gitaraSlovak
- kitaraSlovene
- kitarëAlbanian
- gitarrSwedish
- gitaaSwahili
- நரம்புக்கலம்Tamil
- గిటార్Telugu
- พิณThai
- gitarTurkmen
- gitaraTagalog
- gitarTurkish
- гітараUkrainian
- gitaraUzbek
- lục huyền cầm, ghi-ta, 六絃琴, đàn ghi-taVietnamese
- גיטאַרYiddish
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